D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week: Michigan Representative Joel Sheltrown
Michigan Representative Joel Sheltrown Roll out the red carpet – or, rather, the scarlet letter- for this week's Creep: Rep. Joel Sheltrown (D-West Branch). Inspired by the Terri Schiavo case, Rep. Sheltrown is introducing legislation that would [...]
Put your money on the 'Dark Horse'
Out indie folk-rocker Eric Himan may not be able to tell you where he lives, but his latest record is likely to put him on the map – one city at a time. "You caught me at a great time because I am homeless," he said via cell phone on his way to play [...]
Creep of the Week: Sen. Alan Cropsey
Sen. Alan Cropsey When the Office of the Children's Ombudsman recommended greater access to second parent adoptions in Michigan last month proponents of fairness saw it as a step in the right direction. But Sen. Alan Cropsey, an originator of [...]
Creep of the Week: Gary Glenn of the American FAmily Association of Michigan
Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan A long-time foe of the LGBT community, anti-gay activist Gary Glenn, head of the American Family Association of Michigan, is yet again attacking gay and lesbian families in the wake of [...]
A hooker in the White House'
WASHINGTON – A conservative reporter with a background as a gay male escort and who received a White House press pass using a fake name has quit as a writer for the pro-Bush Talon News and GOPUSA. Jeff Gannon, whose real name is James Guckert, [...]
Creep of the Week: Alan Keyes
Alan Keyes What do Randall Terry, Pete Knight, and Alan Keyes all have in common? All have been fervently anti-gay public figures who had gay or lesbian children. The Republican Keyes, who recently lost big to Democrat Barak Obama in Illinois in [...]
Michigan bracing for amendment fight
FARMINGTON – The Coalition for a Fair Michigan is beginning what many community leaders are calling the most monumental battle yet in the LGBT rights movement. The anti-gay group Citizens for the Protection of Marriage turned in over 482,000 [...]
National News Briefs
Family Rights Colorado court holds lesbian co-parent can seek parental rights {SAN FRANCISCO} The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled July 1 that a lesbian co-parent can seek custody or visitation with a child that she jointly raised with her former [...]